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...last refuge of a cultural historian, and mere Beatles browsers will find as few buried treasures here as they would in Hemingway's high school journalism, Quentin Tarantino's first script or Madonna's early nudes. But as a time capsule, the set is invaluable. To eavesdrop on their casual musicianship and their ad-lib ease is to hear a hopeful teen heart, circa 1962, beating in good-rockin' four-four time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHOW BUSINESS: Becoming the Beatles | 12/19/1994 | See Source »

...under the watchful and electronic eye of their employers, according to a survey by the International Labour Organization, a United Nations agency. Just over 40 percent of the 301 companies polled said they searched employee email; 28 percent said they looked at network mail and 15 percent said they eavesdrop on voice mail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE OTHER SIDE OF EMAIL | 8/1/1994 | See Source »

Locked inside the Capitol in room H305, a racquetball-court-size chamber outfitted with eavesdrop-proof paneled walls and soundproof padded doors, the members of the House Intelligence Committee could barely mask their indignation last week as they hurled questions from a horseshoe-shape dais...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spies At an Inquisition | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

When you use e-mail and other features on computers accessible by a large number of users, you should expect that whatever you do is your own business. For example, you surely don't want your nosy roommate to read an intimate letter or eavesdrop on what you read and post on Usenet...

Author: By Haibin Jiu, | Title: P.C. CORNER | 11/30/1993 | See Source »

...Jersey City, New Jersey, Freeh graduated from both college and law school at Rutgers University, then joined the FBI as a field agent. He was a prime investigator in the bureau's successful penetration of waterfront rackets from Miami to Manhattan, once working undercover at a health club to eavesdrop on suspects' conversations. Later, as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, he handled prosecution of the case, which resulted in more than 100 convictions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Squeaky Clean G-Man | 8/2/1993 | See Source »

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